Komil Yermatov Biography

Shakhnazar Ermatov: My life is in danger, help! The appeal from the year worked as a correspondent of the newspaper Koshkupypersky district of the Khorezm region, the Khorezm Regional Television, the Economic weekly Mulkdor, the owner of the State Committee on Property of Uzbekistan and the special correspondent of the Davr Information Program, Kanlar Youth of the Uzbek Television in the Republic of Karakalpakstan and Khorezm region.

I have a family, 5 children. My wife Musasar Madrakhimova is the editor of the newspaper Tadbirkori newspaper "Entrepreneur Khorezm", and the eldest daughter of Muborak Ermatova is the editor of the Khorezm Regional Television. In the years, when I worked in the Mulkdor newspaper, I wrote such critical articles as “Chef, when you return the debt? In particular, in the article“ Tragedy to Gaybu ”I wrote that the 15 -year -old Sodikzhon Inoyatov fell asleep in the Kalandarovsky District collective farm in the wheat field, and came under the Cavi Keis, which is“ He chopped off two hands.

Sodikzhon Inoyatov was forcibly involved in agricultural work by parents and foreman. He fell asleep with exhausting labor. The combine cut off both hands to the sleeping young man. In this article, I criticized that in Khorezm school students are regularly involved in agricultural work. In the article I asked the leaders of the region and the republic: “Will Khorezm and Uzbekistan be able to return both hands to this guy, even if they fulfill the grain plan and sell this grain?

And in the article“ Run, there is a commission! In this article, I criticized the Khokim of the Khorezm region of Islam Babajanov, who, to most leading posts of the region, appointed his fellow countrymen, Khankintsev. My critical attitude towards the events that was happening around was reflected in my television, prepared for the Davr Channel information program, Eshlar, Uzbek television.

For example, on August 25, I, together with the television operator, Komil Aitbaev, prepared the material for one problem in the Tortkul district of the Republic of Karakalpakstan. The tail of a flying aircraft broke off from the main case, the plane divided into two parts fell on the field, two passengers died at the scene. Then the state leaders said that the plane was old and faulty.

However, this was a lie, because in fact the cause of the plane crash was alcohol intoxication of the pilots of the aircraft. When I wanted to interview the crew commander, his assistant and flight attendant, they stink of vodka from them. Despite the thousands of barriers, I and the television operator handed over this plot to the information program "Davr" Channel "Eshlar" of Uzbek television.

This plot was broadcast on the same day. Apparently, these and my other articles, television and, in general, my professional activity violated the calm of the leaders of the Khorezm region. Because after a while the persecution began against me. In September, on the basis of a statement by a citizen of Kadam Nurmetov, I began to prepare material about the problems of the clothing market of the Khazarspsky district of the Khorezm region, that three managers have changed in this market over the past two months.

The leaders and regions of the region accused me of bribery and put me in prison for 12 years, although I did not take money from Bakhtiyra Karimov. I stopped on the edge of the road. A driver, an unknown person, opened my car, opened my car, kicked my leg, hit my leg, once hit my face and began to strangle me. I did not understand anything and stopped. An unknown person dropped me out of my car, got there and began to look for something in it.

After a couple of minutes, he took a wet rag from my car and told me: "Here, he found." There were paper folds in the rag. To my question "what is it? This is enough for you, a writer who does not give peace to people, to plant for 15 years." At this time, two more people arrived. An unknown person who beat me and threw me drugs into my car, introduced himself as Azamat Avezov.

Ikrom Rakhimov said: "We know, this heroin is not yours, we do not need you. If you want to leave the game, give testimony against 4 people we indicate." I refused to do it. After that, they drew up the protocol, they themselves signed it. And those papers with drugs that they threw into my car were put in an envelope and sealed. There were no witnesses. Not the next day, they called two centers of informants who themselves pay salaries, from nearby villages, in order to arrange them as witnesses.

Forensic medical examination did not find narcotic substances in my analyzes. After that, the police gave my passport and freed me. However, the investigator of the Koshkupyrsky District Department of Internal Affairs Ruzmat Babajanov did not close the criminal case against me: he again began to collect false testimonies against me, pursue me. Ruzmat Babajanov still has not returned me my car, my things, property located in it.

I wrote an appeal to the President of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov, Minister of Internal Affairs Zakir Almatova, general prosecutor to help me. However, there is no help yet.I gave an interview with the Radio "Freedom" and "Voice of America" ​​about all the above. And now I am turning to international human rights organizations for help to international organizations to protect the rights of journalists.

In Uzbekistan, my native Khorezm, my rights are protruding, persecution began against me. My life is in danger. Only now I began to realize that, having written the truth in the press, I made myself a lot of enemies. In Uzbekistan, there were not yet managers who want and able to protect me from local officials. Therefore, I have to ask for help from international human rights organizations, international organizations to protect the rights of journalists.

Please help me! Hope for your help, Shahnazar Ermatov.